Olympic flame for the 2024 Paris Games will arrive aboard a ship from Greece in the port of Marseille

The Olympic flame is going for a sail.will take to the seas from its birthplace in Greece, arriving aboard a three-masted tall ship in the French port of Marseille.

Paris organizers announced the flame’s journey on Friday at City Hall in Marseille, a former Greek colony founded 2,600 years ago. According to tradition, the flame will be lit by the sun’s rays at a ceremony in Ancient Olympia. Then it will be carried by the Olympic torch to Athens and across the Mediterranean to the famed Old Port of Marseille, where the flame will be greeted by an armada of boats along the French coastline, organizers said.It will travel to the Marseille marina -- where Olympic sailing competitions will be based -- and the Marseille stadium hosting Olympic soccer games, according to the organizers.

Greek actress Xanthi Georgiou lights the torch with the flame during the Olympic flame handover ceremony at Panathinean stadium in Athens, Greece, on Oct. 19, 2021. The flame will be sent to Paris in a three masted-tall ship from Greece for the 2024 Paris Games. After that it will be carried overland in the traditional torch relay, before arriving in Paris to light the cauldron and officially open the 2024 Games, which run July 26-Aug. 11.

Open flame on a ship what could go wrong lol

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